1. Hooghly was used as a base for piracy in the Bay of Bengal by: [1995]

2. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: [1997]
LIST I
A. Moplah revolt
B. Pabna revolt
C. Eka Movement
D. Birsa Munda revolt
LIST II
1. Kerala
2. Bihar
3. Bengal
4. Awadh
Codes:

3. What is the correct chronological sequence of the following?
1. Wood's Education Despatch
2. Macauley's minute on education
3. The Sargent Education Report
4. Indian Education (Hunter Commission)
Select the correct answer using the code given below:

4. In the interim government formed in 1946, the Vice-President of the Executive Council was: [1995]

5. 'It made its proposals in May. It still wanted a united India. There was to be a Federal Union composed of British .provinces'[1999]
The above quotation is related to:

6. Consider the following statements: [2001]
1. Arya Samaj was founded in 1835
2. Lala Lajpat Rai opposed the appeal of Arya Samaj to the authority of Vedas in support of its social reform programme
3. Under Keshab Chandra Sen, the Brahmo Samaj campaigned for women's education
4. Vinoba Bhave founded the Sarvodya Samaj to work among refugees
Which of these statements are correct?

7. The first feature film (talkie) to be produced in India was:

8. His principle forte was social and religious reform. He relied upon legislation to do away with social ills and worked unceasingly for the eradication of child marriage, the purdah system.To encourage consideration of social problems on a national scale, he inaugurated the Indian National Social Conference, which for many years met for its annual sessions alongside the Indian National Congress. [1996]
The reference in this passage is to:

9. Who amongst the following Englishmen first translated Bhagavad-Gita into English? [2001]

10. Assertion (A): Gandhi stopped the Non-Cooperation Movement in 1922.
Reason (R): Violence at Chauri-Chaura led him to stop the movement. [1998]